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3 Ingredients to Homemade Laundry Detergent

March 30, 2012March 31, 2012 Shannon 1 Comment

Hello again!

How many of you do laundry? How many of you pinch pennies? How many of you want to combine those two pastimes into one brilliant idea?! Homemade Laundry Detergent! Yes!

I cannot remember the last time I bought detergent, but it wasn’t cheap. Long ago I went on a mission to figure out what I could make myself to save us money, and this was at the top of my list. Two boxes of powder and a bar of soap later, I had a slimy, goopy mess. But boy does it clean!

*There are a million and one ways to do this. We originally came across this on the Duggar’s family website, and since I have seen at least a dozen recipes with the same basic ingredients.*

Make a disposible razor last six months!

March 30, 2012March 30, 2012 James Burnette 1 Comment

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Just a quick link today to a guy that has saved me tons of money. About a year ago I heard about a guy making his shaving razors last SIX MONTHS! At the price replacements are selling for I figured I’d give it a shot.

The basic premise is to take an old pair of blue jeans and run the blade along it 20 times up and 20 times down. This essential hones the blade before every shave. Also you want to try to dry the razor off as much as possible after each shave to prevent rusting.

Here’s the link to the Instructable with a video. Check it out and enjoy the savings.

In the Machine Till death

March 26, 2012March 26, 2012 James Burnette 1 Comment

In the machine till death.That’s a phase Ive been thinking about a lot recently. You go to work and work your ass off till you die. Wasting the best years of your life slaving away to make someone else rich. And if your my age you will not see any social security. You’ll have to stay in the system till your old and beaten. Till you your soul-sick of the lifetime of slavery leaves you, That’s exactly why I don’t want. I’m make sure I’m always aware of that simple fact and make sure that I’m striving to gain my freedom from this matrix we are enslaved in. If you are fine with remaining enslaved no need to continue reading. If you however crave your freedom and independence take the red pill and join me

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Pro Tip: Turn Trash into Food.

March 23, 2012April 3, 2012 Shannon 2 Comments

Hey everyone! For my first post I wanted to do something simple. I am going to show you how to make biodegradable seed starters from empty toilet paper rolls. This is a great way to save money and reuse something that might otherwise become trash. It is also very easy; you can crank out a garden’s worth of these in no time.

Making Your Own Camping Meals

March 19, 2012December 20, 2015 James Burnette 22 Comments

Making Your Own Camping Meals? Because isn’t it sure nice to sit down and eat a nice hot meal after a long hike and setting up camp. I know I enjoy it, but you know what I don’t like? The price for one. Mountain House meals easily fall into the seven dollar per package range. The price of some good meal’s at restaurants. Which wouldn’t be too bad for a gourmet meal. But is not a gourmet meal, its slop. The food is full if terrible ingredients, fillers, gmo/ roundup sprayed, poor quality food and food that I would prefer not to eat.

I like to try my best to eating a Paleo diet. No grains, dairy or legumes. Unfortunately those ingredients make up the basis for most freeze-dried camping foods. Along with ingredients I can’t even pronounce.

I would love to have the opportunity to buy an organic paleo freeze-dried meals for camping. Until Paleo Meals to Go there were no options for that. I’m going to go over some options that are available store-bought.I’ll show you how to make your own high quality paleo camping meals. Learn how to start making your own camping meals at home for much cheaper and eliminate the extra junk you don’t need.